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 Hmm Calcium is tad high? 
		
		
		I've been testing my water for past few days and my water params are: 
	Salinity: 1.025 PH: 8.2-8.4 Nitrate: 0 Calcium: 520 Alkalinity: 10-11 dKh I only have few softie corals/ no fish. I'm using Ocean Pure Salt Mix. Reef Central's guide does indicate: OceanPure Calcium:510 Alkalinity:10 Mg:1320 Should I switch to another salt mix? I'm thinking of picking up D-D H2Ocean from J&L.  | 
		
 What are you using to measure salinity? And Ca? I would make sure your water is really 1.025, and if so, double check the Ca with a different kit.. 
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 I run my calcium that high. Somewhere between 475 and 500 with no ill effects. 
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 My Ca was over 500 and I ended up removing the sand bed in one large slab. There's no need to run Ca over 400, and I imagine it would take some work to get it that high. 
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 I'll recheck them today after I get home. I'd like to know how salinity affects Ca? Also, I was Kalk dosing for a week but stopped it because I thought it was unecessary on my tank.  | 
		
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 Since the values are probably correct with the refractometer, and the info about dosing kalk, I think we figured out the high Ca :) With a light stock of soft corals, regular water changes are probably enough to maintain calcium, no need for kalk yet.  | 
		
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 Once everything is fine, I'm thinking about restocking my tank. Thanks for the answers.  | 
		
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